Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ;
Low Alemannic
Low Alemannic German (german: Niederalemannisch) is a branch of Alemannic German, which is part of Upper German. Its varieties are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic speakers.
Subdivisions
* Lake Constance Alemannic ( de)
**Northern Vor ...
: ''Lindou'') is a major
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
on the eastern side of
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
(''Bodensee'' in German) in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is the capital of the county (''
Landkreis
In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
'') of
Lindau
Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Ge ...
, Bavaria and is near the borders of the
Austria
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n state of
Vorarlberg
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and the
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
cantons of
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
, website ...
and
Thurgau
Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld.
Thurgau is part ...
. The coat of arms of Lindau town is a
linden tree
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain and Ireland they ...
, referring to the supposed origin of the town's name (''Linde'' means linden tree in German). The historic town of Lindau is located on the island of the same name which is connected with the mainland by a road bridge and a railway dam leading to
Lindau station.
History
![Lindau Stich nach Braun und Hogenberg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Lindau_Stich_nach_Braun_und_Hogenberg.jpg)
The first use of the name Lindau was documented in 882 by a monk from
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
, website ...
, stating that Adalbert (
count of Raetia) had founded a
nunnery
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican C ...
on the island. However the remains of an early
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
settlement dating back to the 1st century have been found in the district of Aeschach.
In 1180, St. Stephan's church was founded. In 1224 the
Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...
s founded a monastery on the island. In 1274/75 Lindau became an
Imperial Free City
In the Holy Roman Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities (german: Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (', la, urbs imperialis libera), was used from the fifteenth century to denote a self-ruling city that ...
under King
Rudolf I
Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg. The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death.
Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which h ...
.
In 1430, about 15 of Lindau's
Jews
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were burned at the stake after being accused of murdering a Christian child.
[S Rieger, G Jochem ransl. HP Sinclair "Chronology of the History of the Jews of Bavaria", 2006. http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/EN_BY_JU_bye.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEAO45HwiMMJ-xTp2kRLebyl68n5Q, accessed 16 October 2008.][L Zunz, A Löwy, GA Kohut, ''The Sufferings of the Jews During the Middle Ages'', pp. 75–76, New York: Bloch, 1907. https://books.google.com/books?id=f18LAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA75,M1 , accessed 16 October 2008.] In 1528, Lindau accepted the
Protestant Reformation
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, following the
Tetrapolitan Confession
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at first and subsequently the
Augsburg Confession
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the Augustan Confession or the Augustana from its Latin name, ''Confessio Augustana'', is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Re ...
. In 1655, after the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
, the first ''Lindauer Kinderfest'' (children's festival) was held, in memory of the war. This festival, introduced by Councillor Valentin Heider, still makes up an important part of the town's identity.
Lindau lost its status as an
Imperial Free City
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in 1802, after the dissolution of the
Holy Roman Empire
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. The city went to
Karl August von Bretzenheim who gave Lindau and the monastery to the
Austrian Empire
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in 1804. In 1805 Austria returned Lindau to
Bavaria
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.
In 1853 a causeway was built to connect the
railway from Munich to the island. In 1856 a new
harbour
A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a ...
was built, with its characteristic landmarks, the lion sculpture and
Bavaria's only lighthouse.
In 1922 the independent districts of Aeschach, Hoyren and Reutin merged with the Lindau district. After World War II, Lindau fell under French administration and went firstly to
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (french: Wurtemberg-Hohenzollern ) was a West German state created in 1945 as part of the French post-World War II occupation zone. Its capital was Tübingen. In 1952, it was merged into the newly founded state of Bad ...
and then to the State of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
. In 1955, Lindau again returned to
Bavaria
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.
Lindau is located near the meeting point of the Austrian, German and Swiss borders and is nestled on the lake in front of Austria's
Pfänder
The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance (Bodensee). The city of Bregenz lies at the foot of the mountain on the shores of the lake. With its views over the lake and the surrounding mountain peaks, the Pfänder is o ...
mountain. Lindau is popular with sightseers and holidaymakers for its medieval town centre and picturesque location on Lake Constance. The
Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are annual scientific conferences held in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, since 1951. Their aim is to bring together Nobel laureates and young scientists to foster scientific exchange between different generations, ...
began in 1951 and bring many
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureates to Lindau each year.
Tourist attractions
![Altes Rathaus Lindau](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Altes_Rathaus_Lindau.jpg)
Lindau is a popular tourist attraction in the South of Germany. The gardens of Lindau are best in spring or summer blossom and summer is the peak tourist period. Lindau is famous for its architecture and outdoor attractions such as cycling, sailing, hiking, swimming and camping are also popular.
![Lindau, Mangturm 2009-06](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Lindau%2C_Mangturm_2009-06.jpg)
* Harbour entrance with
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
and Bavarian Lion sculpture (Island of Lindau)
* Church of St. Stephan (
Evangelical Church
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exper ...
), c. 1180 with remodelling in 1782
* Church of St. Peter (founded about 1000), became a
war memorial church in 1928
* Minster '
Unserer Lieben Frau' former church of the monastery 'Maria Himmelfahrt' (which is German for
Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'' as follows:
We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by Go ...
), with St. Marien (Stiftskirche)
* Maximilianstraße (main street through the Island of Lindau with shops and restaurants)
* Historic Town Hall
Casino Spielbank Lindau* Gardens and Parks of Lindau, e.g
* Museum 'Haus zum Cavazzen'
* Boat trips by
Bodenseeschifffahrt
Lindau's Old Book Archive(ERB – Ehemals Reichsstädtische Bibliothek) with books from the 15th to 18th Century inside the historic town hall
* Hoyerberg near Hoyerberg Schlössle is a scenic lookout with views of the surrounding area
Economy
Historically, the trading route from
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
to Italy passed through Lindau; fishery has also played a big role in the economy of the city and in the 19th century, Lindau was an important location for textile industries. Tourism (including restaurants and accommodation) and industrial production are the main industries in contemporary Lindau. Lindau has a very low unemployment rate, likely the result of a diverse economy and proximity to the
Alpine Rhine Valley
The Alpine Rhine Valley (german: Alpenrheintal) is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the part of the Alpine Rhine (german: Alpenrhein ) between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and the Alpine Rhine's mouth at ...
.
Larger corporations
*
Lindauer Dornier
Lindauer DORNIER GmbH is a family-owned business textile machinery manufacturer located in Lindau, Germany. Originally part of the Dornier GmbH
Dornier Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claude ...
(Textile machines)
*
Liebherr
Liebherr is a German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer based in Bulle, Switzerland, with its main production facilities and origins in Germany.
Liebherr consists of over 130 companies organized into 11 divisions: earthmoving, mining, ...
Electronics
*
Cooper-Standard Automotive
Cooper Standard Automotive Inc., headquartered in Novi, Michigan, is a leading global supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry. Products include rubber and plastic sealing, fuel and brake lines, fluid transfer hoses and ...
(former
Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems)
*
Cofely Refrigeration (former Axima Refrigeration, which was former
Sulzer Escher-Wyss
Escher Wyss & Cie., also known as Escher Wyss AG, was a Swiss industrial company with a focus on engineering and turbine construction. Its headquarters were in the Zürich quarter of Escher Wyss, which takes its name from the company.
Histo ...
, a refrigeration and air conditioning plant)
*
Continental AG
Continental AG, commonly known as Continental or colloquially as Conti, is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company specializing in tires, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis compo ...
, BU ADAS (ADC Automotive Distance Control GmbH)
*
Faurecia
Faurecia SE is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in Nanterre, in the western suburbs of Paris. In 2018 it was the 9th largest international automotive parts manufacturer in the world and #1 for vehicle interiors and emission contro ...
Automotive (former Angell-Demmel GmbH)
*
Crane Co.
Crane Holdings, Co. is an American industrial products company based in Stamford, Connecticut. Founded by Richard Teller Crane in 1855, it became one of the leading manufacturers of bathroom fixtures in the United States, until 1990, when tha ...
ChemPharm Energy (former Xomox GmbH now part of Crane)
Other local economy
* Numerous farms around town, producing apples, pears, strawberries and related products e.g.
Schnapps
Schnapps ( or ) or schnaps is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions, and "flavored liqueurs" made by adding fruit syrups, spices, or artificial flavorings to neu ...
,
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
or fruit juices.
* Local hairdressers, gyms, bakeries, butchers, ice cream and coffee shops
* Variety of car dealers (major
VW,
BMW and
Renault
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with subsidies to other car makes), petrol stations, etc.
* Care homes, Hospital
Districts
Lindau is split into several
districts
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. A search for 'Lindau Stadt' will reveal the town's bordering to the neighbour parts of Lindau.
* Central:
Island
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,
Aeschach
Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county (''Landkreis ...
* East:
Reutin,
Zech
Julius August Christoph Zech (24 February 1821 Stuttgart, Germany − 13 July 1864 Berg) was a German astronomer and mathematician.
In 1849, Zech published a table of logarithms; as a result, Zech logarithms for finite field
In mathematic ...
* West:
Bad Schachen,
Unterreitnau
* North:
Oberreitnau,
Hochbuch,
Hoyern,
Schönau
Transport
Railway
Lindau-Insel station
Lindau-Insel station (german: Bahnhof Lindau-Insel, "Lindau island") (''Lindau Stadt'' until 15 May 1936 and then ''Lindau Hauptbahnhof'' until 12 December 2020) is the largest station in the city of Lindau (Bodensee) and was its most important st ...
is Lindau's main station and is located on Lindau Island, however the station has been complemented by the development of
Lindau-Reutin station
Lindau-Reutin station is a junction station in the town of Lindau (Lake Constance), where the Aeschach curve branches off from the Lindau–Bludenz line. It is also a border station with Austria. In the course of the reconstruction of the Lind ...
in the Reutin district on the mainland, which was opened in 2020. Lindau-Insel station has trains to and from
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''Kre ...
,
Munich
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,
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
,
Augsburg
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and
Bregenz
Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...
.
Bus – Stadtbus Lindau
Lindau's bus system is called
Stadtbus Lindau, which departs from all stations every 30 minutes and runs until 22.30 daily, with special services for events. The bus system is run by the main local utility provider Stadtwerke Lindau.
Additionally
RBA and the Zweiländer-line of Austrias "Landbus Unterland" also operate from Lindau. Recently long-distance coaches have started running to distant German cities, an alternative to
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
trains.
Road
Lindau is connected to the
Autobahn A96 (
E43). Main roads (German Bundesstraße) include
B31 and B12. The A96 links to the Austrian Autobahn A14 starting right after the joining with the 7 km long
Pfändertunnel. The tunnel has been expanded into 4 lane, 2 tunnel road which was opened in 2013 to accommodate increased north/south traffic.
Airports
Lindau does not have its own airport, however is close to
Friedrichshafen Airport
Friedrichshafen Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Friedrichshafen, ; also known as ''Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen'') is a minor international airport 1.9 miles (3 km) north of Friedrichshafen, Germany, on the banks of Lake Constance ( ...
and
Memmingen Airport
Memmingen Airport , also known as ''Allgäu Airport Memmingen'', is an international airport in the town of Memmingerberg near Memmingen, the third-largest city in the Swabia region of Bavaria. It is the smallest of the three commercial airport ...
, which usually serve tourist arrivals and European destinations. The nearest major airports are
Munich Airport
Munich International Airport- Franz Josef Strauß (german: link=no, Flughafen München) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt A ...
,
Stuttgart Airport
Stuttgart Airport (German: ''Flughafen Stuttgart'', formerly ''Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen'') is the international airport of Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is christened in honor of Stuttgart's forme ...
or
Zurich Airport
Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switze ...
.
Utilities
Lindau's local utility provider is called Stadtwerke Lindau. Stadtwerke Lindau provides electricity, water, telecommunications, public baths, and some other services to Lindau.
Telecommunications
The local utility provider Stadtwerk
TK-Lindauhas started deploying fibre-optic internet to major businesses, and new housing development areas. Other networks include cable television by
Kabel Deutschland
Vodafone Kabel Deutschland GmbH is the largest cable television operator in Germany. Kabel Deutschland was subject to a hostile takeover bid by the British Vodafone Group in September 2013; the deal was approved in December 2013 and finalised on ...
, which is available in some streets and
xDSL
Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL is widely understood to mean asymmetric di ...
, by many providers. Some systems have seen upgrades of the
ADSL
Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. ...
standard in the last years to cope with the high bandwidth demand. There are plans to deploy a
WiFi
Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves ...
hotspot network (or
WLAN
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building ...
, as it is more commonly known in German) across the Island of Lindau.
Property, redevelopment, and other major projects
Lindau is currently planning several redevelopment projects across the city. The following is a list of projects that are planned for redevelopment.
* New train station – Lindau has been planning a new train station for many years. Currently there is agreement between the major stakeholders is to build a new station near the shopping mall Lindaupark (Reutin district) and refurbish the station on the island. Both stations will remain active.
*Electrification of the Train tracks to Munich (connecting Munich and Zürich) – this major project is sponsored by large external stakeholders such as the State of Bavaria, Switzerland and Deutsche Bahn.
*Lindau Inselhalle – Lindau's main hall which is used for conferences is due to be rebuilt soon.
*
Multi-storey car park
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...
– related to the redevelopment of Lindau Inselhalle on the island
* Property developments near the train station on the island are planned, after rail tracks have been removed
* A New Fire station was completed in September 2014 near Auenstraße (outside the island) – a major headquarters for all the former stations across town, including the Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) unit of Lindau.
*Property developments connected to area which belongs to Deutsche Bahn near Reutin, once the new train station is completed
*Property developments in Aeschach district – including some major buildings, including luxury apartments and offices
*Railway underpass near the entrance of the island – Lindau is planning two railway underpasses for cars to ease congestion, partly caused by tourists visiting by car causing frequent crossing closures
*Several company extensions or relocations are planned – as of September 2014 Continental AG is extending into a third office complex
*Lindau Utility is deploying optical broadband across the city
*Lindau Strandbad, the major public bath is in discussion of being refurbished
*Major redevelopment of REWE Supermarket in Bodolz – New interior, new shops. It will be closed from December 2014 until April 2015
Local news sources
Lindau has a well established newspaper calle
Lindauer Zeitung which is part of the
Schwäbische Zeitung
''Schwäbische Zeitung'' (eng. "Swabian Times") is a daily newspaper published by Medienhaus Schwäbisch Media, Schwäbischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler in Ravensburg, Germany. It was first published in Leutkirch im Allgäu on Decembe ...
, which is released daily. Another newspaper is the
Bürgerzeitung Lindau (BZ) which is released by the city council. It is released biweekly and contains announcements to the town by the
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
and local news. The paper is free, sponsored by advertisements and can usually be found in shops. Both newspapers are available in print and online.
Schools and kindergartens
Lindau has two main high schools:
Bodensee-Gymnasium and Valentin-Heider-Gymnasium. With one middle school for girls (Maria-Ward-Realschule Lindau) and one middle school for boys (Staatliche Realschule für Knaben Lindau) there are several
primary schools
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
across the town. Lindau recently completed construction of a new
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
, which also included a Kita
Kindertagestätte, which is a baby nursery for children aged 2–3. There is high demand for childcare in Lindau and providers are obliged by the
State of Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
to provide for every child.
Hospitals, civic offices
Asklepios Krankenhaus Lindau
Bürgerbüro Lindau, the local office for all legal matters, e.g. passports, registration, etc.
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KFZ-Zulassungsstelle, registration office for cars
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Finanzamt (tax office)
location in Lindau
Shopping
Lindau's large shopping centres and supermarkets like Aldi, Lidl, REWE are off Lindau Island. However, the Island has many different shops, which sell clothing, cosmetics, gifts, toys, antique items and local products such as cheese and wine. Lindau's main shopping mall is called
Lindaupark and hosts larger shops such as
Müller Drogerie and a supermarket.
Festivals and events
Thanks to its location on Lake Constance, Lindau hosts a number of festivals and events, usually in summer (between May and August).
U&D Umsonst & Draussen b
Club Vaudeville Lindau The festival hosts live music in a public area.
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Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are annual scientific conferences held in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, since 1951. Their aim is to bring together Nobel laureates and young scientists to foster scientific exchange between different generations, ...
, Lindau's prestigious science event. Students from all over the world are able to meet up with Nobel Laureates to discuss scientific developments. Lindau is soon to build a new conference home for this event.
Psychotherapiewochen a psychologist conference
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Rund Um den Bodensee, a sailing competition
Gartentage 2014Lindauer Oktoberfest*
Lindauer Kinderfest
Notable people
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Achilles Gasser
Achilles Pirmin Gasser (3 November 1505 – 4 December 1577) was a German physician and astrologer. He is now known as a well-connected humanistic scholar, and supporter of both Copernicus and Rheticus.
Life
Born in Lindau, he studied mathematic ...
, also ''Gasserus'' (1505–1577), physician and historian
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Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein (1588–1653), painter
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Johann Jacob Heber
Johann Jacob Heber (1666–1727) was a surveyor and geometrician from the city of Lindau, Germany. He is the artist of the first map of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (germ ...
(1666–1727), surveyor and geometrician
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Richard Z. Johnson
Richard Z. Johnson (May 21, 1837 – September 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as the attorney general of the Idaho Territory from 1885 to 1890.
Early life and education
Johnson was born in Akron, Ohio in 1837 to par ...
, American attorney and politician (died in Lindau)
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John Spilman Sir John Spilman (also spelt Spielman) (died 1626) was a Lindau, German-born entrepreneur who founded the first commercially successful paper-mill in England, establishing a factory on the River Darenth in Dartford, Kent in 1588.Dartford: Cradle o ...
(died 1626), paper manufacturer and jeweler in England
Genealogy
Lindau is believed to be the origin of the Lindauer surname of Germany, Switzerland, Alsace-Lorraine, Austria and the Czech Republic. A Jewish family bearing this name is said to have descended from Suskind of Lindau, who was among those killed during the pogrom of 1430.
Lindauer is also the name of a famous wine brand from New Zealand, however there is no established relationship between Lindau and the wine, which is named after painter
Gottfried Lindauer
Gottfried Lindauer (5 January 1839 – 13 June 1926) was a Bohemian and New Zealand artist famous for his portraits, including many of Māori people.
Czech life and Austrian school
He was born Bohumír Lindauer in Plzeň (Pilsen), Western Bo ...
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Gastronomy
Lindau produces a number of local wines and beverages, there are a number of localities that produce wines
Rädlewirtschaften from local vineyards and
Schnapps
Schnapps ( or ) or schnaps is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions, and "flavored liqueurs" made by adding fruit syrups, spices, or artificial flavorings to neu ...
made by local farmers.
Climate
Lindau is located in a
temperate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout t ...
climatic zone
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(experiencing four distinct seasons) with mountain surroundings and the freshwater lake. Winters can be cold, with temperatures reaching as low as −20 °C on occasion. In some exceptional cases, winters can be so severely cold that major parts of the lake freeze, making crossing of the lake by car possible, however this is a once in 50 to 100 year event. Summers are normally warm to hot and usually humid due to the surrounding lake.
Heavy storms, rain showers and thunderstorms are common in summer and heavy winds up to 8 on the
Beaufort scale
The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.
History
The scale was devised in 1805 by the Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort ...
are possible. Usually the lake is calm; however, there is a warning light system for boats to indicate if heavy storms are forecast. Due to the surrounding mountains, snow is always in sight and a good indicator of weather.
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
is located at roughly 400m above sea level.
Twin towns
Lindau is
twinned with:
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Serpukhov
Serpukhov ( rus, Серпухов, p=ˈsʲɛrpʊxəf) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Oka and the Nara Rivers, south from Moscow ( from Moscow Ring Road) on the Moscow—Simferopol highway. The Moscow— T ...
(Russia)
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Chelles (France) Lindau was twinned in 1964 with the City of
Chelles in France, which was initiated by the returned French soldiers after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
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Reitnau
Reitnau (High Alemannic: ''Reitnou'') is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipality of Attelwil merged into the municipality of Reitnau.
History
Reitnau is first m ...
(Switzerland)
References
External links
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Free Pictures LindauA Week with Nobel Laureates at Lindau free video from the Vega Science Trust
Interviews with Nobel Laureates at Lindau free videos from the Vega Science Trust
Lindau photo gallery*
Landkreis Lindau
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Populated places on Lake Constance
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Islands of Lake Constance in Germany
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